This blog is an attempt to share my love and knowledge of Traditional Folk Clothing and embroidery. I am open to requests to research and transmit information on particular Costumes for dance groups, choirs, etc. I do embroidery and sew costumes myself and I would like to spread interest into this particular Art Form

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Hello all, this is my 200th article, and I thought i should do something rather different.I will do an overview of the folk costumes of Europe. I will follow nation-states, as inappropriate as that may be, but i will also cover nations without states. Some very small and obscure ethnic groups will be omitted for lack of available material. I will also not be covering the north Caucuses, as there is simply too much material there.Where there is a recognized or unofficial 'National Costume' I will show that. This will necessarily not include much in the way of explanation.

Iceland

Upphultur

Peysufot

Faldbuningar

Faroe Islands

Ireland

Scotland

England

Wales

BrittanyBigoudin

Kemper [Quimper]

Plougastel

France

Berry

Normandie [Normandy]

Provence

Euskadi [the Basque Country]

Andorra [also Rousillon and Catalonia]

Spain

Andalucia

La Mancha

Galicia

Portugal

Minho

Madeira

Algarve

Monaco [also Nice]

Italy

Lombardy

Lazio

Calabria

Arbëreshë [Italo Albanians]

Vatican City

There is no women's costume for the Vatican

Sardinia

Florinas

Orgosolo

Quartu Sant'Elena

Malta

SwitzerlandAppenzell

Valais/Wallis

Graubunden/Grisons

Liechtenstein

GermanyMiesbach, Bavaria

Gutach, Schwartzwald

Scheesel, Lower Saxony

Luxembourg

Belgium

The Netherlands

Volendam

Beveland

Staphorst

Friesland [Frisia]

West

East

North

Denmark

Fanø

Hedebo

Amager

Norway

There have been several attempts to design a national costume, but most of them have not received much acceptance. The most successful was a simplified form of the Hardanger costume, but this is currently little used, as most people wear their local bunad.

Hardanger

Setesdal

Gudbrandsdal

Sweden

National Costume

Värend

Rättvik

Sabme [Lappland]Jokkmokk

Kautokeino

Skolt

Finland

Häme, western Finland

Kaukola, Finnish Karelia

Tuuteri, on the Finnish Isthmus

Estonia

Järva-Jaani, North Estonia

Muhu Island

Setu, South Estonia

Livonia

Latvia

Latgale

Vidzeme

Nica

Lithuania

Aukštaitija

Žemaitija

Vilnius

Kaszëbskô [Kashubia]

Poland

Łowicz, Mazowsze

Krakow, Małopolska

Podhale

One of many Górale or Highlander costumes

Sorbia [Lusatia]

Chosebus [Cottbus], Lower Lusatia

Slepo [Schleife], Upper Lusatia

Catholic costume, Upper Lusatia

Bohemia

Plzeň [Pilsen]

Blata

Nové Paky, Northeast Bohemia

Moravia

Hanak

Valašsko

Vlčnov, Slovacko

Slovakia

Myjava

Detva

Šariš

Hungary

Palóc

Kalocsa

Matyó

Austria

Montafon, Vorarlberg

Tyrol

Upper Austria

Slovenia

Gorenjsko

Dolenjska

Bela Krajina

Croatia

Posavina

Zagrebačko Prigorje

Dubrovnik/Konavle

Bosnia

Moslem town costume

East Hercegovina Orthodox Serbian Costume

Travnik, Catholic Croatian Costume

Serbia

Šumadija

Vojvodina

Gniljane

Crna Gora [Montenegro]

Macedonia

Skopska Blatija

Galichnik

Radovish

Gorani

Albania

North Albania and Kosovo [Gheg]

Sulovë, Central Albania

Fieri, South Albania [Tosk]

Greece

Amalia Costume, Athens

Kriti [Crete]

Karagouna, Thessaly

Cyprus

Bulgaria

Sofia [Shope]

Rhodope

Severnjashko [North]

Vlach

in Serbia

in Greece

in Albania

Romania

Wallachia

Transylvania

Moldavia

Moldova

Gagauz

Crimean Tatar

Ukraine

Central Ukraine

Hutsul

Volyn'

Carpatho-Rusyn, Lemko

Komancha

Venhryny [Čirč region]

Jakubany

Belarus

Svetlahorski region, Western Polissia

Malarytski region, Eastern Polissia

Russia

Peasants from northern Russia

Kaluga Province

Voronezh Province

Karelia [Russian held part]

Tver' Province Karelians

Veps

Nenets

The Nentsi [formerly known as the Samoyed], live along the arctic coast from the White Sea to well past the Urals, and thus into Asia.

Komi

Permliak

Udmurtia

Northern Udmurt

Southern Udmurt

Mari-El

Ural Mari

Mordovia

Erzya

Moksha, Contemporary Costume

Men

Chuvashia

Anatri Chuvash bride and her father

Anat Enchi bride, groom and married woman

Virial Chuvash Matchmaker

Tatarstan [Kazan']

Bashkortostan [Bashkir]

Kalmuk [Kalmyk]

Thank you for reading, I hope that you have found this to be interesting and informative.